How Kidnappers Abduct Our Students-Turkish College Management
By Omooba Risawe
The management of Nigerian-Turkish International School located in Isheri town of Ogun State has given graphic details of how eight persons, which include five students and three staff of the college,among them a Turkish, were kidnapped on friday raid night.
The principal of the school,Yunus Emre Dogan gave brief details of the ugly development to our correspondent, just as parents of the lucky ones stormed the college to evacuate the other lucky children from the school on Saturday morning over the fear of repeat of the raid by the abductors.
Dogan while speaking with our correspondent said , the suspected kidnappers broke a fence close to a swampy area of the school to carry out the operations.
According to him the abductors arrived at about 9.30pm and went straight to the female hostels, where they seized the victims, which included a hostel mistress,a cook,a teacher and five students.
The kidnappers,the principal added were reported to have threatened the students with gun before they forced them away,as other students and staff watched helplessly.
He added that, the kidnappers dug a portion of the fence which pave way for them to have access to the premises of the school.
But as at the time of filing this report, our correspondent learnt that , the abductors were yet to contact the school management nor the parents of the abducted students.
However, on Saturday, number of parents were seen rushing in to pick their wards back home,inspite of a plea by Ogun State Deputy Governor, Yetunde Onanuga who came on symphatetic visit.
A parent, Mrs Bolaji Mustapha who spoke with journalists said all parents jointly agreed to evacuate their children and return them until when they are convinced about adequate security measure put in place by the management.
She declared ‘We parents jointly resolved and agreed that we have to take away our children at least for the first one week, until we are convinced about perfect security arrangement being put in place’
Another mother, Funmi Tijani whose daughter’s best friend was abducted said, the pysscological effect of the incident witnessed by the lucky ones, was enough to return them back home for some time.
Tijani declared that, there was no going back on the decision to evacuate the students back to their various homes by parents, saying the school management should not be allowed in contuning toying with security of the students
The Deputy Governor,Chief (Mrs) Yetunde Onanuga while addressing parents, said government in swift response had immediately put security measure on ground to ensure the safe return of the victims
‘We are here to express our concern and symphaty. It is unfortunate that, this is happening barely few days on school resumption. When we heard about it, we quickly sprang into action,hence the urgent visit’,Onanuga said.
The Deputy Governor assured that, the victims would within a short time be rescued and brought back unhurt,adding that Federal Government had been informed about the ugly incident.
‘Our government has put necessary security measure in place for the rescue of the abductees. Ogun State is already in action. Let me reassure you that we are going to rescue the victims soon. Federal Government is aware of this, we have just got in contact with Abuja’.
She appealed to parents to be calm and prayerful, urging them not to evacuate their children,and that necessary security measure would be put in place by school management in conjuction with state government.
‘ I want to appeal to you to be calm and pray for the early return. I don’t think there is need to take your children away. There is no need to entertain fear’,Onanuga emphhasised
The Deputy Governor was accompanied by; Secretary to State Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, Commissioner for Information and Strategy Dayo Adeneye, Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Afolabi Afuape, Special Adviser to Governor on Government House, Bayo Adeyemi and Juwon Soyinka Special Adviser to Governor on Media
Meanwhile, at the college compound our correspondent report the presence of number of security chiefs, which include:Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Kayode Oluranti, Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ilyasu, Director State Security Service, Commander, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency,
